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Ubisoft’s pirate-themed adventure has finally realised that it’s coming out on the same day as Battlefield 4, and brought forward its release date to make sure the two don’t clash.

We always lament that video game release schedules seem to be drawn up by a gaggle of drunk tramps throwing darts at a calender, but Ubisoft has laid off the rum long enough to acknowledge that coming out on the same day as Battlefield 4 isn’t a good idea.

Actually, Ubisoft announced their date first but they’ve pulled out of the game of chicken first and the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will now be out on Tuesday, October 29. That’s instead of Friday, November 1.

As previously planned the Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC versions will all be out on the same day – namely Friday, November 22. In the case of the PlayStation 4 that’s a week before the actual console is released, but we guess Ubisoft didn’t want to complicate matters.

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To celebrate the new date Ubisoft have the release the new trailer below to celebrate. It’s a story-based one featuring piratey protagonist Edward Kenway.

By coincidence we’ve been spending Monday and Tuesday locked inside Ubisoft’s Guildford HQ reviewing Assassin’s Creed IV on a PlayStation 4 (a retail PlayStation 4 no less). Alas ,we’d be both sued and assassinated if we told you what we thought of it before the review embargo.